Business & Finance: Dullness & Horseplay

The great exchanges of the U. S. last week lacked natural stimulants. On
the Chicago Board of Trade the energy building grains, limited not
only to 4¢ and 5¢ daily fluctuations, but also forbidden (by a rule
good until Aug. 15) to fall below their July 31 closing levels,
floundered ineffectually. September wheat meandered between a top of
$1.02 and the stated minimum, 92⅛¢. September corn wandered between
57¢ and its stated minimum, 49⅜¢. September pig bellies swelled up
occasionally to $7 but flopped back on their minimum, $6.50. From
similar listlessness, begotten...